Georges Kettaneh (Red Cross Lebanon)

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DUBAI (Reuters) – The death toll from Tuesday’s catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut has risen to 158, the Lebanese health ministry media office said on Saturday. The number of people injured exceeds 6,000 and 21 are still reported missing, it said. Reporting by Laila Bassam; Editing by Gareth Jones Our Standards: The Thomson…

The blast shattered windows and sent thick smoke billowing from the city center. A massive explosion shook Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and injuring thousands of others while flattening much of the port, damaging buildings across the capital, and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. At a press conference later Tuesday, President Trump…